I’m just now catching back up after checking on my bison herd, no new babies yet! Ok so please no one become offended at my comments please, I do not mean them to be offensive or to attack anyone for anything. But can we recap?
1) he spent cash. Police checked For accounts. So ATM’s seem like a dead end. Police checked receipts, etc.
I have a degree in criminal justice and family in various LE agencies so I know they would have checked all these things out like receipts from stores, serial numbers off of his watch, poles, hiking equipment, notepads...
& they came up with nothing.
2) according to ME report he died of CACHEXIA AKA:”wasting disease.” This is a RESULT of an underlying illness. The illness could have been new or old... like just as an example only: diabetes. The man who discovered the treatment for diabetes ground up the pancreas of stray dogs and gave it to people dying of wasting disease. Before that time, people wanted away no matter how much they ate due to the illness. They died of CACHEXIA but the underlying illness was diabetes.
3) BB supposedly Started hiking (Southbound) in April 2017 in New York.
4) he told hikers he could only do about 10 miles a day, & he wanted to do the hike while he still could. I would say the exact same thing to someone.. “I’m only doing 10 miles a day while I still can..” but for me it would be due to my bad knees, plantar fasciitis & Sore back, plus age mixed in. I have osteoarthritis and it can get bad especially when it’s cold and rainy.
So did he actually mention that he definitely had a specific serious medical “disease” he was possibly dying of? Or did he simply say “... l10 miles a day while I still can...” and someone just interpreted that to mean he had some serious medical condition? So many unknowns here.
5) His watch is brought up a lot, which is probably just the cheap a Skmei brand. Looks exactly like it. But that info doesn’t identify the hiker. Unless his watch was one that specific agencies use (like police) then maybe that info “might” be helpful. Or if it had an engraving on it... but other than those things I don’t see how knowing the where the watch went will help to actually identify this guy. It’s the identity of the guy not the watch that is the question. Here is a photo of BB wearing watch & a link to the exact watch I believe he was wearing in case someone believes that might help anyway:
SKMEI Sport Watch Digital Watch Quartz Fashion Water Resistant / Waterproof Quilted PU Leather Black Analog - Digital - Black Yellow Red Two Years Battery Life / Alarm / Calendar / date / day 2020 - US $14.29
6) we know police have pretty much exhausted all identifying factors such as fingerprints and names in national databases etc. So this is why I personally believe BB is not his real name & probably not even close to his real name.
7) based on what I have personally read/ seen... if he was truly in IT or the Tech industry, he would know exactly how to avoid digital footprints. I believe he probably worked in some type of security IT & knew how to go off the grid “like a Boss”!
8) was he ever reported missing? Probably not, but there are people missing that do not make it into the “public” missing persons database. The police have access to the other databases so apparently, after checking them all, it has come down to DNA for an answer.
9) It’s the DNA that will identify him at this point. As a person who has helped LE and the media find answers this way... I can tell you once the DNA is in, it will take a little time. You basically have to find the common DNA link to others in the database, THEN find the common ancestor, THEN start working the genealogy backwards to narrow it down. I’ve done some genealogy work that took less than 10 minutes to solve (For media) and some that I’m still working on after a few years. So let’s all hope that there is a close enough family member to BB that will help identify him! I think there will be, especially since it has gotten cheaper to do the testing now.